Starsailor - on the outside + instrumentals - Starsailor

The pair have also worked as film score composers, such as on BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge produced by the Guerrilla News Network .

The song was written in 1967, but Buckley was dissatisfied with the early attempts at recording it. It would finally appear on Starsailor three years later. [1] The Monkees TV show version featured the song in its original folk song style, with Buckley playing solo with a 12 string guitar . This stands in contrast to the lusher, reverb -filled version present on the Starsailor album. The Monkees television spot features the song in the key of E while the later album version is played in Bb. The album version also features heavy reverb on the electric guitar and high pitched background vocals . In comparison, the live version is more lo-fi , with no effects, and Buckley's voice is accompanied only by his guitar. The 1968 performance also features different lyrics with the phrase "I am puzzled as the oyster" later being changed to "I'm as puzzled as the newborn child" in the album version. This was reportedly because when Buckley played the song to Judy Henske , wife of then producer Jerry Yester , she responded to the line with laughter. [2] [3]